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Many people these days travel far for work or spend more hours working. Does this trend have more advantages or disadvantages? What do you think about work-life balance?

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Long working hours are the norm these days and
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 hardly surprising. In
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 competitive job scenario people are forced to
work
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 harder and harder. When people spend more hours working, they get less
time
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 for themselves.
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 is not necessarily a positive development because it can lead to health problems as well as the disruption of families and personal relationships. For one thing, there is absolutely nothing to prove that long working hours improve
productivity
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. In fact, when people
work
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 longer than they should, what happens is that their
productivity
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 decreases. They fail to concentrate and take longer to finish jobs.
Traveling
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Travelling
 far for
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 doesn’t help either. In many major
cities people
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cities, people
 often have to travel several hours to reach their
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work place
a place where work is done
workplace
. When at
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, they reach home braving the traffic and a hard-working day, they have little energy left in them.
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, studies have proved that people who spend long hours in the office are
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 more likely to develop major health problems like heart disease and dementia. We have already seen that long working hours doesn’t necessarily translate into improved
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. Another problem with
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 set up is the effect it has on a person’s family and social
life
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. When people spend long hours in the office, they get little
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 to spend with their dear ones. Parents, who
work
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 long hours, often fail to take proper care of their young children.
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 can be quite a problem in families where both parents
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. When children are deprived of the attention they deserve, it will affect their emotional well-being. It can
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 have a negative impact on their academic performance. In extreme cases, failure to strike a balance between
work
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 and
life
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 can lead to the breakup of families. As explained above, long working hours are in nobody’s interest. They don’t improve an individual’s
productivity
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. In fact, they make them less productive. What’s more, when people spend more
time
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 in the office, their family
life
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 suffers.
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words, proper
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-
life
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 balance is absolutely essential to lead a contented
life
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. It is hoped that companies arrange their working hours in
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 a way that employees
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 get some
time
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 for themselves.

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